Listed below are several terms that are frequently used when studying the events
of the Holocaust. Use the vocabulary terms to complete the Vocabulary Match-Ups
exercises on page 17.
Anti-Semitism-Discrimination
Jews.
or persecution of
Appelplatz-Roll call area inside concentration, la-
bor, and death camps.
Aryan-Racial term used by Nazis to describe a
"race" they believed to be superior. It has no biological validity.
Bericha-Hebrew for "flight"; name given to those
who aided Jews in their escape to Palestine after the
Holocaust.
Concentration
ers were kept.
Camp-Place where political prison-
Crematorium-Furnaces
burned.
where human bodies were
Deportation-The
forced removal of Jews in Nazioccupied lands to concentration camps.
Death Camps-Nazi centers of murder and extermination.
Death Marches-The marches imposed upon prisoners by the Nazis in order to keep them from liberation by the Allied forces.
killing units that sought out
and slaughtered Jews in the Soviet Union.
Einsatzgruppen-SS
Euthanasia-The
policy of "mercy killing" the old
and handicapped.
Final Solution-The Nazi term for the annihilation
of the Jews in Europe.
Genocide-The
or nation.
systematic elimination of a people
Gestapo-Abbreviation
(Secret State Police).
Ghetto-The
to live.
for Geheime Staatspolizei
section of a city where Jews were forced
Holocaust-Term
used to refer to the systematic
murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis between 1933
and 1945. Also included extermination of Gypsies
and Poles.
Judenrat-Head
of the Jewish council established
by the Nazis in each Jewish ghetto.
Judenrein-German
"clean" of Jews.
term that means "pure" or
Kristallnacht-"Night
of the Broken Glass." Naziorganized riot against the Jews on Nov. 9-10, 1938.
Nazi-Acronym
Workers Party.
for the National Socialist German
Pogroms-Organized acts of persecution or massacre of a specific group of people.
Prejudice-An attitude toward a person or group of
people formed without adequate information.
Racism-Practice
of discrimination and persecution
on the basis of race.
Scapegoat-An
innocent
problems of another.
person blamed for the
Selection-The
procedure used to determine who
would live and who would die in death and labor
camps. Usually carried out by doctors.
Swastika-Symbol
of the Nazi party; originally an
ancient religious symbol.
Uebermenschen-Nazi
racial ideal.
term for "supermen," the
Yellow Star-Yellow, cloth Star of Davidsewn to clothing to identify Jews.
Zyklon-B- The gas used to killJews in the gas chambers at the death camps.
Use the vocabulary from page 16 to match each definition with its
corresponding term. Write the appropriate letter beside each term.
Part I
1. Ghetto
2. Racism
3. Crematorium
4. Deportation
A. Head ofJewish council established
by the Nazis in each ghetto.
F. Furnaces where human bodies
were burned.
B. The forced removal of Jews in
Nazi-occupied lands to concentration camps.
C. The section of a city in which the
G. Discrimination or persecution of
Jews.
5. Selection
Jews were forced to live.
D. Nazi term for "supermen," the
racial ideal.
6. Bericha
7. Judenrat
H. The practice of discrimination and
persecution on the basis of race.
I.
The systematic elimination of a
people or nation.
J.
Hebrew for "flight"; name given to
those who aided the Jews in their
escape to Palestine after the
Holocaust.
E. Procedure used to determine who
would live and who would die in
death and labor camps. Usually
carried out by doctors.
8. Genocide
9. Uebermenschen
10. Anti-Semitism
Part II
1. Gestapo
A. The gas used to kill Jews in the
gas chambers. of Auschwitz.
2. Appelplatz
B. "Night of the Broken Glass." Naziorganized riot against the Jews.
C. Organized acts of persecution or
3. Holocaust
4. Pogroms
massacre of a specific group of
people.
5. Nazi
6. Kristallnacht
D. Secret police.
7. Juden
E. Roll call area inside concentration,
labor, and death camps.
8. Death Camps
F. Term used to refer to the systematic murder of 6 million Jews by
Nazis between 1933 and 1945.
G. German for "Jews."
H. The Nazi term for the annihilation
of the Jews of Europe.
I.
Acronym for the National Socialist
German Workers Party.
J.
Nazi centers for murder and
extermination.
9. Zyklon-B
10. Final Solution
Part HI
1. 'Prejudice
A. The policy of "mercy killing" the
elderly and the handicapped.
2. Einsatzgruppen
B. Cloth Star of David sewn on
clothing to identify Jews.
C. An attitude toward a person or
3. Scapegoat
4. Swastika
5. Concentration
6.
Camp
Death Marches
group of people formed without
adequate information.
H. Forced marches to keep
,prisoners from being liberated
by the Allies.
I.
Place where political
prisoners were kept.
J.
Symbol of the Nazi party.
D. "Pure" or "clean" of Jews.
7. Aryan
E. An innocent person blamed for
the problems of another.
8. Yellow Star
F. The Nazis considered this the
"superior race."
9. Euthanasia
G. SS killing units that sought out
and murdered Jews in the
Soviet Union.
10. Judenrein
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